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Your role:

As Site Quality Leader, you will lead the Quality function (Quality Assurance and Quality Control) for our Speke manufacturing site, with responsibility for an organisation of approximately 50 people.

Reporting to the SMN Global Quality Leader, with a dotted line to the Site Head, you will provide strategic, technical and regulatory leadership for Quality and act as a core member of the Speke Site Leadership Team.

This is a senior site leadership role requiring a strong understanding of how a manufacturing site operates end to end. You will partner closely with Manufacturing, Supply Chain and other functions to deliver site objectives while maintaining the highest standards of product quality and compliance.

Beyond Quality oversight, you will lead the continued development of the organisation, strengthen leadership capability and succession, and help drive the digitalisation and operational excellence of our laboratories and Quality processes.

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead the site Quality organisation across QA and QC, ensuring product quality, compliance and effective Quality Systems.
• Act as a core member of the Site Leadership Team, contributing to site strategy, performance, priorities and decision-making beyond the Quality function.
• Ensure compliance with global cGMP and regulatory requirements and maintain inspection readiness, including leading and supporting regulatory inspections and follow-up actions.
• Provide Quality leadership for complex technical and compliance issues, ensuring appropriate risk management, escalation and timely resolution.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, R&D and other functions to support reliable site operations, product launches, transfers and commercialization activities.
• Drive operational excellence and digitalisation across Quality, improving productivity, processes and ways of working.
• Lead, coach and develop the Quality leadership team, building a high-performance culture and strengthening leadership capability across the organisation.
• Establish meaningful development and succession plans, identify future leaders and build a strong talent pipeline for critical Quality roles.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or related discipline.
• Significant Quality leadership experience within a pharmaceutical manufacturing site, including at least 5 years in Quality Assurance.
• Proven experience as a member of a Site Leadership Team or equivalent senior manufacturing leadership team, with a strong understanding of end-to-end site operations.
• At least 10 years of management and/or senior project leadership experience, with demonstrated success leading sizeable teams and developing leaders.
• Strong knowledge of global cGMP requirements and regulatory expectations for commercial pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Proven experience leading or supporting regulatory inspections, including VMD, FDA or other relevant health authorities.
• Strong experience in Quality Risk Management, complex problem solving and management of significant Quality or compliance issues.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organisational change, influence cross-functional stakeholders and operate effectively at both strategic and operational levels.
• Experience driving continuous improvement, digitalisation or technology-enabled transformation within Quality and/or laboratory operations.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Technical understanding of drug product manufacturing and testing processes.
• Experience with large-scale fermentation.
• Experience leading Quality transformation, laboratory digitalisation or deployment of new digital Quality capabilities.
• Lean / Operational Excellence experience.
• Experience working within a global manufacturing or Quality network.

Additional Information:

• Location: Speke, UK
• Travel: 0–10%

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

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